Islam is a major world religion that arose in seventh century Arabia during the life of Mohammed ibn Abdallah, a trader who was born in A.D. 570. Some Arabs, including Mohammed, had begun to ...

Senegal hosts a meeting of the 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Dakar on March 13-14. Below is a factbox on some different branches of Islam practised within the Islamic ...

In the last two years, friends and acquaintances have asked Rafiq Ghaswala about the difference between the two main branches of Islam, the life of the Prophet Muhammad and the origins of the Koran… ...

The split between the two branches of Islam can be traced to a disagreement following the death of Muhammad in 632. "The argument was over who would succeed him," Cole said. As Islam spread around ...

It was never going to be easy to rebuild Iraq into a coherent nation and overcome quarrels among the two main branches of Islam -- Sunni and Shiite -- and the ethnically separate Kurds.

Despite fear of civil war and raging gunbattles between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq, the two main branches of Islam have generally lived in peace -- especially during the past century when ...

BAGHDAD - The civil war is between the two main branches of Islam -- the Sunni and the Shiite. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government is predominantly Shiite. The attacking force, ISIS, is ...

There are two main branches of Islam, called Sunni and Shi’a. This video shows a day in the life of Ezzy, a basketball player and Sunni Muslim. Find out more about GCSE Religious Studies.

There are two main branches of Islam, called Sunni and Shi’a. This video shows a day in the life of Business Studies student and Shi’a Muslim, Faizan. Find out more about GCSE Religious Studies.

The Sunni and the Shia, two major branches of Islam, have quite different perspectives on the subject. The Sunni school of thinking primarily adheres to Sharia law and forbids the use of surrogacy and ...